NHS Body Map: victory for common sense and decency!

The votes are in on the great NHS Body Map debate. As mentioned earlier, the NHS Choices team were wrangling with the question of whether or not the humans on their website should be displayed with genitals intact. Apparently nearly 7,000 people voted, with “the vast majority in favour of the anatomically correct pair.“

The NHS Choices team is delighted to turn back the clock. Thanks to all of you who voted.

Now that’s what I call a victory for common sense! Typical voter comments included:

“It’s essential that people’s understanding of bodies in a medical context doesn’t include shame over genitals”

“This would also make a good teaching tool for children to learn about their bodies. If genitalia are masked, this, I feel, sends out the wrong message!”

“Why would you want to miss out a whole area of the body which is prone to disease and malfunction? Surely it’s less embarrassing to investigate privately online than to mumble an enquiry at the GP.”

“It’s scientific not pornographic.”

All they need now is some mannequins that are a bit more flabby and less finely honed, so as to better represent the typical NHS patient…